A simple black ink drawing of a woman sitting with her knees extended, facing to the right, with a large plant or tree with multiple branches and leaves behind her.

Lilith

Lilith:

The following is from chaper 10 from Graves, Robert & Raphael Patai, (1964). The Hebrew Myths. pp. 65-69 (New York: Doubleday)

Adam and Lilith never found peace together; for when he wished to lie with her, she took offence at the recumbent posture he demanded. 'Why must I lie beneath you?' she asked. 'I also was made from dust, and am therefore your equal.' Because Adam tried to compel her obedience by force, Lilith, in a rage, uttered the magic name of God, rose into the air and left him.

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